Nēpháleos — G3524

Definition

adjective

sober, i.e. (figuratively) circumspect

Usually translated as

sober

Origin

from G3525

• nḗphō (G3525)

Occurrences

Nēpháleos occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Timothy (2), Titus (1)

• 1 Timothy 3:2 — A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant (νηφαλεον), sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
• 1 Timothy 3:11 — Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober (νηφαλεους), faithful in all things.
• Titus 2:2 — That the aged men be sober (νηφαλίους), grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.